blue daisy Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I would love to see what your students are reading next year. Care to share their age/grade and a planned book list? Both my 12 and 9 year old are participating in a Brave Writer class so they will have the lists from Pouch of Boomerangs, and Arrow, respectively. They also both have a few books from their history programs. I haven't gotten too far on additional books. My 9 year old especially is a voracious reader so I need to have a stack of books ready for him! LOL This is what I have so far, in addition to BW and history: 12 year old/7th grade Redwall When the Sea Turned to Silver Treasure Island 9 year old/4th grade: Twenty One Balloons Red Sails to Capri Bud Not Buddy Tuck Everlasting The Borrowes Sign of the Beaver Man of the Family (sequel to Little Britches) Not sure what else... 7 year old and I will work together through the Quiver of Arrow books on BW, probably not all in one year. I would love to hear what you have planned for your children. If this is already started somewhere else, I apologize - can you link that thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtoVA Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Are you talking about reading lists as in what books my children will be reading for analysis/literature (subject) or what books they will be reading "on their own" ("free" reading), or both? : ) I'm asking because my olders will have books to read that will be discussed and analyzed with me (part of their literature subject) as well as books they will read on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue daisy Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Are you talking about reading lists as in what books my children will be reading for analysis/literature (subject) or what books they will be reading "on their own" ("free" reading), or both? : ) I'm asking because my olders will have books to read that will be discussed and analyzed with me (part of their literature subject) as well as books they will read on their own. Either/both. :) I just enjoy seeing what other kids are reading, and it also helps me get ideas. I fleshed out our reading plans a little more last night, so I will add to my post when I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABmom Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I don't have a reading list worked out yet- my almost 10 yr old ds is working through Percy Jackson books and some graphic novels from the library that focus on different gods/goddesses for fun. For "mom's choice" he's reading some books about Native Americans that I picked up from the library. We're doing American History this year and I thought that we could get started with that because I don't know how we're ever going to get through all that content! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Little House in the Big Woods On the Banks of Plum Creek Tolliver ' s Secret The Matchlock Gun The Cabin Faced West The Courage of Sarah Noble A Lion to Guard US In Grandma's Attic Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin Pocohantas and the Strangers Pedro ' s Journal Leif the Lucky The Boxcar Children The Wizard of Oz Wind in the Willows The Blue Fairy Peter Pan Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass The Wonderbook Pinocchio Jungle Book Orange Fairy Beatrix Potter Collection This seems long but it is 3 kids. I think I missed some as I was going off the top of my head but it is essentially the required reading for ELTL 1 and 2 as well as Adventures in American History. There are leveled readers in there as well but for the most part this is the main ones. We do a combination of me reading, them reading and audible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 This is my 7th grader's list of required reading for next year. Subject to me removing something if he really dislikes it (he loved everything I assigned the last two years, so I'm happy to accommodate him if he decides he hates something), and also subject to how long they take him. I may remove something. Sign of the Beaver Carry on Mr. Bowditch Johnny Tremain The Captain's Dog Amos Fortune, Free Man Tom Sawyer Brady Bound for Oregon Across Five Aprils Blue Willow OR No Promises in the Wind On the Far Side of the Mountain The Terrible Wave Bud, Not Buddy Story of My Life: Helen Keller A Wrinkle in Time Basher 5-2 I don't have a list made up of chapter readalouds for my third and first graders yet. There will be some related to US history and some just that I feel like reading to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtoVA Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) I have decided on the following novels for my DS (8th grade this fall) for literature analysis. We also use Mosdos Literature for short stories and poetry. DS loves non-fiction but is somewhat weak with fiction reading skills (and also generally unmotivated to read fiction): The Giver The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (tried this for 7th but the dialect was too distracting for him at the time) Where the Red Fern Grows The Westing Game Surviving the Applewhites Hatchet The Shakespeare Stealer Red Scarf Girl (actually an autobiography) My DS is also expected to have a "free" reading fiction book going alongside. He already reads a lot of non fiction. I will give him ideas for the "free" reading book but he gets to choose. Here are some titles I will suggest to him: Al Capone Does My Shirts Because of Mr. Terupt The Light in the Forest Fever 1793 The City of Ember and sequels The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death and a Boy Called Eel Brian's Winter, etc. (sequels to Hatchet) Edited July 12, 2017 by chiefcookandbottlewasher 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue daisy Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Great lists, thanks for sharing! I was looking through various books lists last night and added to my kids' lists, so this is what I have now. Again, they will both read the Brave Writer books (Arrow for 4th grader, Pouch of Boomerangs for 7th grader), and various books that go with their history curriculum. In addition, this is the plan, but obviously, I will adjust if it ends up being too much. 12 year old/7th grade Redwall When the Sea Turned to Silver (I love Grace Lin's fantasy novels!) Treasure Island Story of My Life (Helen Keller) Out of My Mind Call It Courage The Yearling Sherlock Holmes (a junior version) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (maybe) 9 year old/4th grade (voracious, advanced reader) Twenty One Balloons Red Sails to Capri Bud Not Buddy Tuck Everlasting The Borrowers Sign of the Beaver Man of the Family (sequel to Little Britches) Hatchet The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate My Side of the Mountain The Lemonade Wars Detectives in Togas My 7 year old (2nd grade) and I will read together: Mr. Popper's Penguins The Trumpet of the Swan Winnie the Pooh Betsy-Tacy Ballet Shoes Little House on the Prairie Farmer Boy Skylark Gooseberry Park The Reluctant Dragon My Father's Dragon (I'm not sure we'll actually get through all that, but we own most of them from the boys reading them, so at least I have them ready to go.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Here are my kids' lists for this year (also aged 12 & 9). 9y/o: Parables from Nature - selected Hatchet - 192 pages Gulliver’s Travels Children of the new forest - 304 pages Journey to the centre of the earth - 160 pages A single shard - 148 pages Farmer boy - 372 pages Peter the Great and Tsarist Russia - 80 pages The White Stag Archimedes and the door of science - 131 pages The Mouse with the question mark tail - 229 pages The search for planet x - 128 pages Ember Falls - 336 pages 12 y/o Faerie queen Madam How and Lady Why - 138 pages A Christmas Carol Tom Sawyer - 197 pages Galen and the gateway to medicine - 123 pages Rip van winkle - 172 pages The Drover’s Wife - 8 pages Little Men - 304 pages 20,000 leagues under the sea - 304 pages The Time Machine - 80 pages Edible History of Humanity - 242 pages A proud taste for scarlet and miniver - 201 pages The Vanishing point - 226 pages Rise and fall of mount majestic - 339 pages Freckles - 146 pages And the lists grow as the year progresses lol. Eta- looking at the previous posters' lists makes me smile! Edited July 12, 2017 by LMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) DS 10 (age grade is 5th or 6th, we are mostly doing 8th and 9th grade work, He's doing grade 8 of BYL along with some other books I want him to read this year.) I am Malala The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Brilliant Blunders The Golden GobletThe Sand-ReckonerFahrenheit 451: A NovelA Midsummer Night's DreamA Parcel of PatternsLongitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His TimeFrankensteinThe True Adventures of Charley DarwinTo Kill a MockingbirdNationThe House of the Scorpion The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True StargirlArchimedes and the Door of ScienceThe High Crusade The Canterbury TalesThe Second Mrs. GiocondaAlong Came GalileoCarry On, Mr. BowditchThe Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the ElementsItch: The Explosive Adventures of an Element HunterAnimal FarmRadioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and FalloutJourney to the Center of the EarthCode Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War TwoA Brief History of TimeRelativity This thread seems to be for older elementary, but here is my second grader's lit list because I like posting about books. lol My second graders: (I chose one book a month, with an accompanying Arrow for all but Alice. They will read other books, but these are our "Literature" books.) The Wind in the Willows The Tale of Despereaux Wonder The Girl Who Drank the Moon Mary Poppins Caddie Woodlawn James and the Giant Peach Alice's Adventures in Wonderland My Side of the Mountain The Penderwicks Anne of Green Gables Edited July 12, 2017 by Runningmom80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAtoVA Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) For my just turned 9 yo DD, who will be in 4th grade this fall, we will be using Mosdos Ruby for short stories and poetry analysis. This year will be the first time I will have her read novels specifically for analysis with me (part of her Literature subject) and not just "free/quiet time" reading. She also is expected to have another novel going alongside that is for "free/quiet time reading. The analysis novels I choose; the "free/quiet time" reading novels I provide suggestions but she chooses. This child (unlike DS 8th grade mentioned upthread) actually loves reading fiction. Novels for Literature (subject): Sarah, Plain and Tall Poppy The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Little House on the Prairie The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J. Tully Mystery Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlotte in Giverny Greek Myth Study for Literature: D'Aulaire's Greek Myths using the Memoria Press study guide Some Novel Suggestions for DD for her "free/quiet time" reading: The Borrowers sequels (she is finishing The Borrowers right now) Little House sequels Poppy sequels Narnia sequels Caddie Woodlawn Stuart Little Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit (and sequels) The Bell Family The Dragon of Lonely Island The Case of the Missing Moonstone (and sequel) The Frog Princess (and sequels) The Doll Shop Downstairs (and sequel) All of a Kind Family sequels (we are reading All of a Kind Family now as a read-aloud) Edited July 12, 2017 by chiefcookandbottlewasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 My upcoming 8th grader. I'm making her a year long fairy tale literature study so if it seems fairy tale heavy that's why. Also she's doing a mythology year in lieu of history so lots of myths as well. These are just the books to be read during literature/assigned reading time not the books she'll be reading for official subject times. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek The Captain's Dog Chains Johnny Tremain Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons My Brother Sam is Dead My Book House (2 volumes) For original fairy tale to modern rewrites comparison: Cinder Fairest Beastly For comparing the classic fairy tale genre to modern, new fairy tale stories: Stardust Tale of Despereaux (I did this as a read aloud years ago but I want her to reread it with new eyes) The Book of Lost Things or Uprooted (haven't decided between these two yet) Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Perrault's Fairy Tales Choice of the following: Tales from Africa, Tales from Japan, Tales from China, Tales from India, Korean Folk Tales, Russian Tales and Legends Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories My upcoming fifth grader. Again this is just the list for literature/assigned reading time. My Book House (2 volumes) Tales from the Odyssey D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago Christian Liberty Nature Reader 5 Our Earth Of Courage Undaunted Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Where the Mountain Meets the Moon A Long Walk to Water Caddie Woodlawn An Ordinary Princess Sarah, Plain and Tall Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Matilda The Children of the Green Knowe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Rising 4th-grader. Some books he's been reading this summer to fulfill summer reading requirements: By the Great Horn Spoon Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Amos Fortune, Free Man Look! Seeing the Light in Art Lady Lollipop Three Terrible Trins Hardy Boys #5: Rocky Road Madame Pamplemousse and her Incredible Edibles poetry: Rutherford B, Who Was He?, Poetry for Young People: William Carlos Williams audiobooks: Chomp; Mystery of the Lost Mine (Boxcar Children 52). non-fiction: Eyewitness Civil War, Flight, Everything Money Some of my planned 4th-grade assigned independent reading: Who Was Charles Dickens? The Toothpaste Millionaire Stone Fox A Long Way from Chicago Hans Brinker a Ramona book or two for fun Brown Girl Dreaming To read together: Oliver Twist Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Birchbark House The Chestry Oak Number the Stars One Crazy Summer For me to read aloud to him: Redwall Mornings on Horseback The 39 Steps The Watsons Go to Birmingham I'm not sure what else yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dori123 Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) DS, 11 INDEPENDENT READING: Sounder Lord of the Flies The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Cycle of the Werewolf (Stephen King) Bridge to Terebithia Haddix: Among the Hidden The Giver The Hobbit -- maybe General Butterfingers Maus I & II Number the Stars Night Churchill (Paul Johnson) The Cay The River Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Tuck Everlasting Watsons To to Birmingham Fahrenheit 451 Within Reach: My Everest Story Basher 52 The Outsiders READ ALOUD: Outliers (Gladwell) The Night Gardener or Jasper Jones Frankenstein 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Treasure Island A Midnight Clear How Sugar Changed the World Pop & Bud (family history) The Abyss or The Hot Zone Edited July 13, 2017 by dori123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 For dd7, who will be in third grade next year. Read Alouds St. Ignatius and the Company of Jesus Anne of Green Gables The Light Princess Gentle Ben Wheel on the School Sally Wister's Journal Poppy Farmer Boy Johnny Tremain Ben and Me Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity The Moffats Secret Garden I'm less certain of what I will assign her to read on her own. I plan on using many of the abridged classics mentioned in the SOTW activity guide, plus a few titles from Sonlight's third grade reading list. I will also use booksource.com to find books slightly above her reading level so that she can read aloud to me a few times each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmingMomma Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 My 5th grader will be doing Ancient/Medieval History, so his reading list matches up with that. He's also doing Guest Hollow Botany, which has an extensive reading list of its own. Here's his history reading list: Maroo of the Winter Caves, by Ann TurnbullPharaohs of Ancient Egypt, by Elizabeth PayneEgyptian Mythology, by Geraldine PinchHittite Warrior, by Joanne Williamson The Golden Fleece, by Padraic ColumThe Children’s Homer, by Padraic ColumGalen and the Gateway to Medicine, by Jeanne BendickThe Librarian Who Measured the Earth, by Kathryn LaskyAesop’s Fables The Ancient Celts, by Patricia CalvertThe Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George SpeareMyths of the Norseman, by Roger Lancelyn GreenChildren of Odin, by Padraic ColumBeowulfOtto of the Silver Hand, by Howard Pyle King Arthur, by Roger Lancelyn GreenAttila the Hun, by Sean Stewart Price (Wicked History)Medieval Lives, by Terry JonesAdam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet GrayRobin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn GreenThe Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. KellyMedieval Medicine and the Plague, by Lynne Elliott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 4th and 6th grades (9 and 11 years old) Read aloud: When the Sea Turns to Silver Samurai Rising A Single Shard Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night The World Before This One Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Tales from Grimm Popol Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya Secret of the Andes The Fairie Queene (Shealy adaptation) Shakespeare’s Storybook: Folk Tales that Inspired the Bard Blood on the River: James Town 1607 I, Juan de Pareja Pictorial Pilgrim’s Progress The Witch of Blackbird Pond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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